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Constable: Passionate Naperville hobbyist knows the ropes of model shipsApr 23, 2022 1:00 am - Passion pours into every model ship that 85-year-old Greg Zimmerman builds in the wood shop of Naperville's Monarch Landing senior living community. But painstakingly cr...
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Hub Arkush: Meet the new Bears ... where familiar faces are hard to findApr 23, 2022 1:00 am - Ryan Poles' and Matt Eberflus' first veteran minicamp is in the books. It was the first time Eberflus and his staff got to see their troops practice, and hope to further...
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Good news: Jane Addams Junior High band director moonlights in Chicago tribute bandApr 22, 2022 6:00 am - Eric Caliendo is living the dream, literally. By day, he directs the seventh and eighth grade bands at Jane Addams Junior High School in Schaumburg, and at night he perf...
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A family tree of Batavia music sprouts during Mendelssohn's ElijahApr 22, 2022 6:00 am - Marilynn Whitney knew she would have to pay full attention to the three-hour-plus operatic presentation of Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah to grasp the Biblical prophet's sto...
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Spotlight: 'Naperville' comes home courtesy of Buffalo Theatre EnsembleApr 22, 2022 6:00 am - Coming home Buffalo Theatre Ensemble concludes its season with a revival of "Naperville." Written by Naperville native Mat Smart, the play is about an adult son who retu...
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Widescreen: There's another chance to see Danny Elfman's buzzy, 'Batman'-meets-Boingo Coachella concert onlineApr 22, 2022 6:00 am - If you know the name Danny Elfman, it's either as the frontman for off-kilter '80s rock band Oingo Boingo or as the composer of memorable film scores, most notably for T...
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Dramatic Palatine police recruiting video makes an action-movie splash, then disappearsApr 22, 2022 5:15 am - This story has been updated to note that Palatine village council members will be reviewing the video before it is republished publicly online. If you didn't know a...
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Guest Megan Anderson: Find balance in caring for yourself and the climateApr 22, 2022 1:00 am - It always starts with a 30-minute phone call. I introduce myself to the stranger on the other end and welcome them to the consultation process, quickly sketching out wha...
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Lincicome: Words to live by as Bulls 'take it to the next level'Apr 22, 2022 1:00 am - The assumption that the Milwaukee basketball team puts its pants on the same way the Bulls do is made without any actual eyewitness evidence, never mind that a team's dr...
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Feder: Marquee to launch 'The Reporters' with Bob SirottApr 22, 2022 1:00 am - You won't see Ben Bentley and his cadre of cigar-chomping scribes from the original "Sports Writers" show, but get ready for a 2022 homage to the venerable Chicago sport...